Berks high school football roundup: Martinez throws 5 touchdowns in Exeter’s win
Exeter quarterback Riley Martinez threw five first-half touchdown passes as the unbeaten Eagles rolled to a 55-0 Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 2 football victory over Lebanon on Friday night.
Martinez threw three touchdown passes in the first quarter, two to Jayden Ware (95 and 10 yards) and one to Genuine Stutzman for 10 yards.
In the second quarter, Martinez threw touchdown passes of 10 yards to Carter Redding and 40 yards to Jayden Zandier.
Martinez completed 11 of 14 passes for 181 yards.
Zandier also scored a 26-yard run and a 53-yard interception.
Leo Brown finished the scoring for the Eagles with a 26-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.
Exeter is 5-0, 2-0 league. Lebanon is 0-5, 0-2.
Schuylkill Valley 33, Pequea Valley 0
Dillon Lackner scored on two touchdown passes and a fumble recovery as Schuylkill Valley defeated Pequea Valley 33-0 in a Section 5 game.
Lackner caught passes of 12 and 7 yards from Logan Nawrocki and returned a fumble 31 yards for a score.
Cooper Hohenadel had a 16-yard run for a touchdown and Brandon Pyle a 21-yard run for a score.
Schuylkill Valley is 3-2, 2-0 league. Pequea Valley is 2-3, 0-2.
Garden Spot 31, Fleetwood 23
A.J. Hurst passed for two touchdowns and ran for another to lead Garden Spot to a 31-23 Section 3 win over Fleetwood.
For Fleetwood, Landon Hare scored on a four-yard run, Tristin McFarland scored on a 1-yard run, and Chase Domenech caught a 36-yard touchdown pass from Chase McMonagle.
The Tigers' Gryffin Cappellano kicked a 21-yard field goal.
Fleetwood is 2-3, 0-2 in the league. Garden Spot is 3-2, 1-1.
Twin Valley 49, Octorara 7
Evan Myers threw three touchdown passes and Evan Johnson ran for two as unbeaten Twin Valley defeated Octorara 49-7 in a LL Section 4 game.
Myers threw scoring passes of 13 and 6 yards to Joey Buckley and 54 yards to Lucas Myers.
Johnson scored on runs of 48 and 46 yards.
Ryan Rementer returned a fumble 30 yards for a score for the Raiders, and Keenan Munn scored on a 5-yard run to round out Twin Valley's touchdowns.
Twin Valley is 5-0, 2-0. Octorara is 3-2, 1-1.
Penn Manor 19, Reading High 16
Conner Smeigh scored on a one-yard run in the fourth quarter to give Penn Manor 19-16 Section 1 win over Reading High.
The Red Knights (1-4, 0-2) took a 16-13 lead in the third quarter when Gabe Laws scored on an 11-yard run and Jeremiah Camara ran in the two-point conversion.
Penn Manor led 13-8 at halftime on two Smeigh touchdowns passes to Tristan Roman, the first was 14 yards and the second was 11.
Reading High's first half touchdown was scored by Laws on an eight-yard run.
Laws carried the ball eight times for 48 yards and caught a 16-yard pass in the game.
Penn Manor is 1-4, 1-1.
Lampeter-Strasburg 44, Daniel Boone 21
Dominic Brown rushed for three touchdowns to lead Lampeter-Strasburg to a 44-21 win over Daniel Boone in a LL Section 4 game.
Brown scored on runs of 5, 20 and 8 yards.
For the Blazers (0-5, 0-2), Haydn Moyer threw three touchdown passes to Harrison Delissaint.
The first scoring strike was 25 yards in the first quarter and gave Daniel Boone a 7-3 lead.
The other TD passes were for 15 and 20 yards in the fourth quarter.
Moyer completed 13 of 23 passes for 108 yards. Dalissaint caught 7 passes for 99 yards.
Lampeter-Strasburg is 5-0, 2-0.
Wyomissing 49, Elco 14
Justice Hardy scored two touchdowns as Wyomissing defeated Elco 49-14 in an LL Section 4 game.
Hardy opened the game's scoring with a 78-yard interception return for a touchdown in the first quarter.
With 49 seconds left in the half, he scored on a 38-yard run to make it 35-7 at halftime.
The Spartans (4-1, 2-0) led 21-0 after the first quarter on a 23-yard scoring run by Derek Macrina and a 13-yard fumble recovery by Fabian Francisco.
Tyler Niedrowski (3 yards), Chase Eisenhower (1) and Marcus Armstead (81) also ran for touchdowns for Wyomissing.
Eisenhower led the Spartans in rushing with 79 yards on eight carries.
Elco is 1-4, 0-2.
Hamburg 35, Kutztown 25
Quarterback Tyler Shuey threw two touchdowns and ran for another as Hamburg defeated Kutztown 35-24 in a Section 5 game.
Shuey threw first-quarter scoring strikes to Blaise Ernst (14 yards) and Leland Moore (38 yards).
His two-yard scoring run in the second quarter gave the Hawks a 21-6 lead.
Jayden Swoyer scored on two-yard run in the first quarter and Colten Mathias threw a 13-yard TD pass to Wyatt Stoess in the second quarter for Kutztown (0-5, 0-2), which trailed 21-12 at halftime.
Mathias hit Stoess with a 29-yard pass scoring pass early in the fourth quarter to cut Hamburg's lead to 21-19.
The Hawks responded with a Blaise Ernst 3-yard touchdown run, but on the ensuing kickoff Ryan Walters ran it back 90 yards for a touchdown for the Cougars to make it 28-25.
The Hawks (4-1, 2-0) made it 35-25 when Moore scored on a 30-yard run with 5:58 left to play.
Lancaster Catholic 30, Berks Catholic 28
Berks Catholic's Bryce Gumby rushed for 268 yards and scored four touchdowns in the Saints' 30-28 Section 5 loss to Lancaster Catholic on Friday night.
Gumby, who carried the ball 17 times, scored on runs of 22, 72, 70 and 5 yards.
His 5-yard scoring run in the fourth quarter pulled the Saints to within two points at 30-28.
Lancaster Catholic's Brandon Way rushed for 105 yards on 27 carries and scored twice.
Berks Catholic is 2-3, 1-1; Lancaster Catholic is 3-2, 2-0.
Originally Published: September 21, 2024 at 9:27 a.m.
